Category: MLHS
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HML Gladiolas Painting
MLHS Aquires Mack Laing Painting The Mack Laing Heritage Society is pleased to announce the acquisition of a painting by Mack Laing, “Gladiolas’, presented to his nephew Mack Tripney Laing, of Victoria, in the late 1960s. MLHS was contacted by his daughter, Maureen JE (Laing) Pengelly this year, to determine if the Society was interested…
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Shocking state of Shakesides home and Park
A visit to the Shakesides house location in Mack Laing Park on June 24 became a series of shocking photos of the state of the house, a result largely caused by the Town and a contractor removing window frames and some cedar shakes from the building. Lack of maintenance in the Park itself, especially in…
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Honourary Membership presented to MLHS lawyer
At our Annual General Meeting on May 5, 2024, our Society was pleased to present lawyer Kevin Simonett with a Lifetime Honourary Membership to the Mack Laing Heritage Society of the Comox Valley, for his tireless and dedicated work on our recent court case before the Supreme Court of BC. Although the Supreme Court Justice…
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The Conquest of Mt Logan: A Report on the Film Screening
About 200 people filled the Comox Legion Hall on the evening of November 7, 2019 to see a film shot 94 years ago. What was the big deal? The film was The Conquest of Mount Logan and it documented the first climbing of Canada’s highest peak which towers 14,000 ft. above glacial ice and 19,551…